After a crazy week of getting everything out of the house, we learned we still have too much stuff! Fulltimers are true minimalist! Only take what you must have and nothing more.
Saturday we started south on what was a long but uneventful trip to the KOA in Wytheville, Va. Pulling in around 9 p.m. we were both tired and just went to bed. We got up around 7 on Sunday and ended up leaving the campground around 9 ish. It is a beautiful day and uneventful until about an hour out of Wilmington, NC when a "pop" drew my attention to the side view mirror to see the fender skirt flying off the trailer and a blown out tire coming apart on the interstate. I had all the tools and a spare, but it was challenging pulling the tire when you are practically in the right lane of the interstate. It's amazing how oblivious drivers are to what is happening on the road. 35 minutes later, tire changed and on our way. Yea! I was commenting to Kathy that it is amazing how few people ever stop to help. No more than 5 minutes after that, there was a 5th wheel with a blown tire on the interstate side. We pulled up behind them to help protect them from the traffic and helped Richard and his wife get their tire changed. Actually I helped Richard while his wife chatted with Kathy at our truck. They are farmers from North Carolina who were on their way to Surf City for the week. Both in their late 60's it was nice to help, especially since we had just done the same thing not even 40 minutes earlier.
We got to the campground around 4. Checked in, parked in our nice site and set up. Our daughter came over for dinner which was very nice. We were never able to do that before because of where we lived. After dinner we had a quiet evening sitting outside just relaxing.........
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